ACROSS t quot;ly dreadful!quot; w;Oened. Im shaking all over. Feel me.”
quot;Come on,quot; said Aravis, o t of t its ed a terrible time. Get me doo t er-gate as quick as you can.”
quot;Darling, ; squeaked Lasaraleen. quot;I cant do anyt no just lie still a bit and then go back.”
quot;; asked Aravis.
quot;O understand. Youre so unsympatic,quot; said Lasaraleen, beginning to cry.
Aravis decided it was no occasion for mercy.
quot;Look ; sc;If you say anot going back, and if you dont start taking me to t er-gate at once
- do you knoo t passage and scream. t.”
quot;But ;Didnt you tisroc (may he live for ever) said?”
quot;Yes, and Id sooner be killed to Aa. So come on.”
quot;O; said Lasaraleen. quot;And I in sucate!”
But in to give in to Aravis. Seps t into terraces to ty ly. One of t adventures is t beautiful places you are often too anxious and o appreciate t Aravis (ter) ly bubbling fountains, and trees.
;actom and t s unbolt te. Aravis did it. t last, ed moonligtle landing stage and a fes.
quot;Good-bye,quot; said Aravis, quot;and t t Im flying from!”
quot;O; said Lasaraleen. quot;ont you c youve seen man Aa is!”
quot;Great man!quot; said Aravis. quot;A ters reasures it all up and o get isroc to plot ure like t.”
quot;O tisroc (may oo. It must be rigo do it!”
quot;Good-bye,quot; said Aravis, quot;and I t your dresses lovely. And I too. Im sure youll suit me. Close tly behind me.”
Sore ionate embraces, stepped into a punt, cast off, and a moment later in midstream ed moon doing of an o;As better!quot; t Aravis. Sry and ed every minute of ime in tashbaan.
epped asrees, cut off t. But so find t Sa as o to and saombs. And no last, brave girl t quailed. Supposing t there!
Supposing t suck out tle bit of ongue too)
and straigohem.
But before she groom.
quot;You can go back to your mistress no; said Aravis (quite forgetting t , until ty gates opened next morning). quot;here is money for your pains.”
quot;to o obey,quot; said t once set off at a remarkable speed in tion of ty. to tell o make e: ghouls.
For t feting t as if te ordinary horses.
quot;And a! to t; said Bree.
Aravis looked round, and t enouga w of he groom going away.
quot;And no; said Aravis. quot;t a moment to lose.quot; And in y Rabadasion.
quot;treac; said Bree, samping ;An attack in time of peace, defiance sent! But well grease s for here before he is.”
quot;Can ; said Aravis, s.
quot;Broo; snorted Bree. quot;Up you get, Sa. Can art too!”
quot;o start at once,quot; said Aravis.
quot;ts alk,quot; said Bree. quot;But you dont get a company of tualled and armed and saddled and started all in a minute.
Noion? Due North?
quot;No,quot; said Sa. quot;I kno t. Ive draer. Bear a bit to our left, bot is!”
quot;No; said Bree. quot;All t about galloping for a day and a nigories, cant really be done. It must be rot: but brisk trots and s walks. And wwo oo. Now. Are you ready, h!”
At first it finis it tion and as far as t er or a great silver tray. Except for t a sound to be a and hen.
to last for ime er t t iced t of tle more clearly to notice t grey flatness on every side. It looked absolutely dead, like someta felt quite terribly tired and noticed t ting cold and t ime ts, and t Propputtypropputty as it he dry sand.
At last, after treak of paler grey, loreak of red. It last, but a single bird to sing about it. s now, for han ever.
t. turned yello re ta and Pire, far a and Sa satle out of t;A bit left, a bit left,quot; . Best of all, ombs e invisible: s single, jagged-edged y of tisroc. Everyone felt better.
But not for long. tas sa, it refused to look any furt on. Sa gave up looking back at it, for it only gave t moving at all. t became a nuisance.
t nt s t scre Mount Pire and sing out directions.
t. iced it for t time and from it struck up into time it time, as touc one foot back in tirrup and ther half over Brees back before you could have said knife.
quot;Sorry, Bree,quot; ;I cant burns my feet.quot; quot;Of course!quot; panted Bree.
quot;S of t myself. Stay on. Cant be helped.”
quot;Its all rig; said Sa to Aravis shoes on.”
Aravis said nots mean to, but she did.
On again, trot and rot, jingle-jingle-jingle, squeak-squeak- squeak, smell of self, blinding glare, all different for mile after mile. tasains t self.
Of course one tried all sorts of games o try to make time pass: and of course tried very to t in a palace in taser tinkling creamy enoug too creamy - and tried not to t.
At last t - a mass of rock sticking up out of t fifty yards long and ty feet did not cast muc it cast a little. Into t se some food and drank a little er. It is not easy giving a of a skin bottle, but Bree and he children were pale.
After a very s rest t on again. Same noises, same smells, same glare, till at last to fall on t, and t longer and longer till to stretc to tern end of to tern last coming up from till as bad as ever. Four pairs of eyes eagerly for any sign of t Sallo. But, mile after mile, t level sand. And noe definitely done, and most of tars , and still t and till ta - in trange, barking voice of someone : quot;t is!”
taking it nole to t, t last a slope: a slope doired to speak but to and in a minute or tering t first it in t, for tuffiness bet. tinued
steeply doo t of cliffs. to meet vegetation - prickly cactus-like plants and coarse grass of t ones instead of sand. Round every bend of t er. t trengtumbling and panting; last to a little muddiness and a tiny trickle of er ter and better grass. And trickle became a brook, and tream ream became a river and ter more disappointments t le cataract of er poured into a broad pool: and bot;O-o-o; said Sa and plunged in - it up to ooped into taract. It in his life.
It ten minutes later wwo c nearly all over)
came out and began to notice to peep doo t grass on botrees and buso t s and most delicious smells. And out of t recess among trees ta ingale.
Everyone ired to speak or to eat. t ing to be unsaddled, lay do once. So did Aravis and Sa.
About ten minutes later t;But nt go to sleep. eve got to keep a Rabadash.”
quot;No,quot; said Bree very slo;Mustnt go sleep. Just a little rest.”
Sa kne) t to sleep if get up and do somet it, and felt t to. In fact up and persuade to go on. But presently; not yet: not just yet...
Very soon tingale sang over two wo asleep.
It ed. quot;Its my fault,quot; so ;One expect o keep aer a days , even if talk. And of course t Boy ; training. But I ougo ter.”
tupid heir sleep.
quot;Neig; said Bree. quot;Been sleeping in my saddle, e again. Most uncomfortable-”
quot;O; said Aravis. quot;eve lost a moment to spare.”
quot;A fello to ; said Bree.
Im afraid ,quot; said Aravis.
quot;s terrible ; said Bree. quot;eve crossed t, we?”
quot;But in Arc,quot; said Aravis. quot;And to get there before Rabadash.”
quot;O be miles a; said Bree. quot; t Raven friend of yours say t cut, Sa?”
quot; say anyt ser,quot; ans;ter, because you got to a river tashis may be longer.”
quot;ell I cant go on a snack,quot; said Bree. quot;take my bridle off, Sa.”
quot;P-please,quot; said ;I feel just like Bree t I cant go on. But en made to go on o be able to do even more, no s all for Narnia.”
quot;I t; said Bree very crus;t I knotle more about campaigns and forced marc a and than you do.”
to t le person y se rigarkaan on t moment to make one of t results of being a slave and being forced to do t the power of forcing yourself.
So to must going again. And even took tly terday. It he pace.
tself, s bro it made you to ride slowly.